Joshua McFadden

Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables
A James Beard Award-winning cookbook by Joshua McFadden emphasizing vegetable-forward cooking
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willFirst to rec“This is the most important cookbook I own. Every recipe is great but its much more than just recipes. It teaches you how to think about vegetable forward food in a way that lets them star alongside any meat dish. If I was going to cook through any cookbook front to back, this would be it!”
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Amanda C“I read this book like a novel and it changed the way I cook and how I stock my kitchen. The book is based on cooking with seasonal produce. He has three Six Seasons books and they’re all great, this one is the OG.”
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Andrea“This book is split into Spring, Early Summer, Midsummer, Late Summer, Fall, and Winter and each section highlights vegetables that are in season at that time with the best recipes for them. We looove cooking from it and could not recommend more highly.”
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Kate“The absolute best cookbook for produce. haven’t found a clunker yet.”
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Paloma“Josh McFadden's 2017 cookbook is my absolute favorite forever. I like how he sorts it into growing seasons so you make your way through the book as late spring turns to early summer and peas disappear while tomatoes arrive. Perfect for if you get a weekly CSA.”
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Joy Fowlkes“I confess I do not own the cookbook. I just check it out of the library and hold onto it until they threaten me with fees. It’s just so good. I am partial to the Couscous with English peas, apricots and lamb meatballs.”
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Nitabel“Favorite cookbook in my kitchen right now.”
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Molly“I’ve been in a cooking rut and this cookbook got me out of it. It’s even more fun gathering the ingredients from my backyard!”
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Becca Mandy“Veggie forward and goes with the seasons. One of my most used cookbooks!”
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Kelsy CARLEEN“I don't know why I dabble with this cookbook when I could be absorbing so much more from it. Made the kale sauce for any pasta last night!”
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Wynne“My tomatoes aren't fruiting yet but omg I love this pasta recipe and am so excited to make it again. Simple and perfect in every way. I mix some Sungolds with whatever cherry tomato variety I have and it always works. This is my very favorite cookbook and one of the only ones that fits most effortlessly into this time of my life: lax gardening, parenting, working, and avoiding max-ed out perfectionist tendencies: Sun Gold Tomato Pasta with Basil and Garlic Six Seasons | Joshua McFadden”
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monday monday“Did someone say vegetables?! Yes, this book is by one of the leading vegetable innovators of our time. But it is also full of the most wonderful sauce recipes. And the desserts? Fabulous. The caramel carrot pie has (almost) replaced pumpkin for me. Almost.”
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Shannon B“I love vegetables and I love this cookbook.”
Lindsay“Delicious, innovative takes on seasonal eating that makes magic of whatever is growing in the PNW’s six seasons— though this is a must-have book no matter where you live in the US!”
Sam
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